CORD leader Raila Odinga. Photo courtesyRaila Odinga has protested against both 2007 and 2013 polls. He has maintained he was rigged out in the past two polls. Photo/CourtesyOne of Raila Odinga’s beneficiaries for direct ODM tickets for the August polls has rejected the offer.Didymus Barasa who is eyeing the Kimilili legislative seat has this Tuesday said he is a do or die Jubilee follower and no amount of goodies would let him out.This move comes barely a day after ODM awarded tickets to over 400 aspirants on Monday; on grounds that they were unopposed.The event took place at Bomas of Kenya and it was graced by ODM party chief Raila Odinga.The Star divulges that the Kimilili MP hopeful was surprised to find his name among politicians handed direct tickets by Raila Odinga.The aspirant claimed ODM fraudulently registered him even after he turned down initial attempts by the party to have him on board.He said the party did not have popularity on ground and the offer for the direct ticket was just a sign of being desperate.“Let them not waste their time. We will face them off at the polls,” the aspirant said as quoted by the local news site.The area is currently represented by Ford Kenya’s Suleiman Murunga Kasuti.ODM is Desperate; Aspirant Says as he Dismisses Monday’s Direct Ticket

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